Recent content by Dave Dela Rosa

Hello! That was the temporary enclosure! It has a big dish to soak! Do they need to have a pool side of the enclosure or will the big dish suffice for water? Does it like to swim

Hello! Recently got a tortoise / turtle from my pops boss. Any idea what type of tortoise / turtle it is?

Hello, I have 3 pancake tortoises that are getting too big for their enclosure. I want to rehome them together, and get updates from time to time just to make sure they’re doing ok. I would also love to see their new home via pics or visit. They are healthy, and eating. Rehoming fee does apply...

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Hey what did you use to close off the enclosure! Is that glass or plastic

Hello! I have 3 pancake tortoise hatchlings. I wanted to switch out my solar glo with a longer linear tube light like the Arcadia. I wanted to switch it out because I wanted to build a bigger closed chamber enclosure for them 2 x 4 ft. I see that there are a lot of suggestions for which linear...

thank you sir! i will take a look.

Hmm I'm not sure, would you be able to tell me? I'm looking for an all in one tube. so like solar glo, powersun, megaray, all of that only comes in bulbs. I was wondering if they sell them in tubes or know any one fluorescent tube that provide all 3 uvb, uva, and heat?

Does any company make a mercury vapor bulb in long tubes as oppose to just a regular bulb shape?

thank you so much!

Hey I recently got a pancake tortoise but I notice that when his shell is not soaked or wet it has some white spotting? Is this normal or is this shell rot? He’s acting normal, eating, walking drinking defecating normally.

thank you! They are super fun to watch, I love watching them climb. They said that they’re more of a shy type but from my personal experience they’ve been super friendly. The reason why I like them is because they’re the only true species that live in colony, and when someone gets 1 tortoise...

Any suggestions or improvement I can make? -thrive dual dome lamp rated for 150 -thrive ceramic heater 100 watt -connected to reptitemp digital thermostat -solar glo 80 watt. -temperature by the moss hide is at 75 inside its 73 -by the top of the cave it’s 95-105 - under the cave it’s 85 -By...

i actually got the recommendation to use MBV from this group. A little birdie told me that it would be alright if I kept them in sort of a "marsh like environment" and making sure that the humudity is about 70% and daily soaks.

Honestly, I like the solar glo, powersun is a bit too expensive for me. I like using solar glo, with thrive ceramic heater using a thrive ceramic dual dome lamp. I have pancake tortoises. solar glo 80 watt ceramic heater 100watt and the dual dome lamp is rated for 150watt